Terminal apparatus and integrated circuit

ABSTRACT

A wireless communication system in which a first base station apparatus and a second base station apparatus communicate with a terminal apparatus. The first base station apparatus transmits, to the terminal apparatus, data control information related to data transmission and reception of the terminal apparatus and preferential base station apparatus information indicating a priority of data transmission to the base station apparatus, and the terminal apparatus determines any base station apparatus of the first base station apparatus and the second base station apparatus, as a data transmission destination base station apparatus, for data to which bearer split is configured by the data control information, based on at least one of the preferential base station apparatus information and terminal information of the terminal apparatus.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a Continuation of copending application Ser. No.15/110,561, filed on Jul. 8, 2016, which is the National Phase under 35U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/JP2014/083597, filedon Dec. 18, 2014, which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) toPatent Application No. 2014-010856, filed in Japan on Jan. 24, 2014, allof which are hereby expressly incorporated by reference into the presentapplication.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, a basestation apparatus, and a terminal apparatus, and more specifically, to awireless communication system, a base station apparatus, a terminalapparatus, a wireless communication method, and an integrated circuitwhich are related to data control.

The present disclosure contains subject matter related to that disclosedin Japanese Priority Patent Application JP 2014-010856 filed in theJapan Patent Office on Jan. 24, 2014, the entire contents of which arehereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND ART

In the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a W-CDMA system hasbeen standardized as a 3rd generation cellular mobile communicationsystem and services have been launched. HSDPA having a highercommunication speed has been also standardized, and services have beenlaunched.

Meanwhile, in the 3GPP, an evolved 3rd radio access (Evolved UniversalTerrestrial Radio Access: hereinafter, referred to as “EUTRA”)technology has been standardized, and services have been launched. As adownlink communication method of the EUTRA, an orthogonal frequencydivision multiplexing (OFDM) scheme which has high resistance tomultipath interference and is appropriate for high-speed transmissionhas been employed. As an uplink communication method, there has beenemployed a discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-spread OFDM scheme of singlecarrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) that can reduce thepeak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of a transmission signal inconsideration of cost and power consumption of mobile stationapparatuses.

In the 3GPP, discussion on the Advanced-EUTRA which is further evolutionof the EUTRA technology has been started. In the Advanced-EUTRA, it isassumed that communication is performed at a maximum transmission rateof 1 Gbps or more in a downlink and at a transmission rate of 500 Mbpsor more in an uplink by using a band up to a maximum bandwidth of 100MHz in the uplink and the downlink.

In the Advanced-EUTRA, it is considered that a maximum bandwidth of 100MHz is achieved by binding a plurality of bands compatible with theEUTRA such that a mobile station apparatus of the EUTRA can beaccommodated. In the Advanced-EUTRA, one band of 20 MHz or less in theEUTRA is called a component carrier (CC). The component carrier is alsocalled a cell. The binding of the bands of 20 MHz or less is calledcarrier aggregation (CA) (NPL 1).

In the Advanced-EUTRA, it has been examined that the carrier aggregationof a macrocell and a small cell present in the coverage of the macrocellis performed within a frequency or between frequencies. A case where thesmall cell is present in the coverage of the macrocell may include acase where frequencies are different. NPL 2 discloses that in thecommunication between the base station apparatus and the mobile stationapparatus at the time of the carrier aggregation of the macrocell andthe small cell, the macrocell transmits control information(control-plane information) and the small cell transmits userinformation (user-plane information). The carrier aggregation of themacrocell and the small cell disclosed in NPL 2 is called dual connect(or dual connectivity).

In the dual connect, it is considered that information on the same radiobearer (RB) is transmitted to the mobile station apparatus from the basestation apparatus as the macrocell and the base station apparatus as thesmall cell and the information on the same radio bearer (RB) istransmitted to the base station apparatus as the macrocell and the basestation apparatus as the small cell from the mobile station apparatus.Control performed such that the base station apparatus and the mobilestation apparatus transmit and receive the information on the same radiobearer through different base station apparatuses is called bearersplit.

CITATION LIST Non Patent Literature

NPL 1: 3GPP TS (Technical Specification) 36.300, V11.7.0 (2013-09),Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and EvolvedUniversal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRA) and EvolvedUniversal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN), Overalldescription Stage 2

NPL 2: 3GPP TR (Technical Report) 36.842, V1.0.0 (2013-11), Study onSmall Cell Enhancements for E-UTRA and E-UTRAN-Higher layer aspects(release 12)

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

However, in the communication between the base station apparatus and themobile station apparatus disclosed in NPL 2, in a case where data istransmitted and received by performing the bearer split between the basestation apparatus as the macrocell and the base station apparatus as thesmall cell and the mobile station apparatus, if control is not performedsuch that an appropriate cell is selected and the selected celltransmits and receives the data, data throughput may be degraded.

Particularly, in a case where the bearer split is performed on uplinkdata from the mobile station apparatus to the base station apparatus asthe macrocell and the base station apparatus as the small cell, it isnecessary to appropriately select a cell to which the mobile stationapparatus transmits the data.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, andit is an object of the present invention to provide a wirelesscommunication system, a base station apparatus, a mobile stationapparatus, a wireless communication method, and an integrated circuit,which allow a mobile station apparatus to efficiently perform a datatransmission process at the time of bearer split in dual connect.

Solution to Problem

(1) In order to achieve the aforementioned object, an aspect of thepresent invention provides the following means. That is, according to anaspect of the present invention, there is provided a wirelesscommunication system in which a first base station apparatus and asecond base station apparatus communicate with a terminal apparatus. Thefirst base station apparatus transmits, to the terminal apparatus, datacontrol information related to data transmission and reception of theterminal apparatus and preferential base station apparatus informationindicating a priority of data transmission to the base stationapparatus, and the terminal apparatus determines any base stationapparatus of the first base station apparatus and the second basestation apparatus, as a data transmission destination base stationapparatus, for data to which bearer split is configured by the datacontrol information, based on at least one of the preferential basestation apparatus information and terminal information of the terminalapparatus.

(2) In the wireless communication system according to (1), the terminalinformation may be radio channel quality information and/or atransmission buffer quantity of the terminal apparatus.

(3) According to another aspect of the present invention, there isprovided a wireless communication system in which a first base stationapparatus and a second base station apparatus communicate with aterminal apparatus. The first base station apparatus transmits datacontrol information related to data transmission and reception of theterminal apparatus to the terminal apparatus by using an RRC message,the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatustransmits transmission destination base station apparatus informationindicating any one base station apparatus of the first base stationapparatus and the second base station apparatus as a base stationapparatus which is a data transmission destination to the terminalapparatus by using a MAC message, and the terminal apparatus determinesany base station apparatus of the first base station apparatus and thesecond base station apparatus, as a data transmission destination basestation apparatus, depending on the transmission destination basestation apparatus information, for data to which bearer split isconfigured by the data control information, in a case where thetransmission destination base station apparatus information is received.

(4) In the wireless communication system according to (3), the firstbase station apparatus or the second base station apparatus may comparebase station apparatus information items of the first base stationapparatus and the second base station apparatus, and may determine thetransmission destination base station apparatus information.

(5) According to still another aspect of the present invention, there isprovided a terminal apparatus that communicates with a first basestation apparatus and a second base station apparatus. The terminalapparatus is adapted to: receive, from the first base station apparatus,data control information related to data transmission and reception ofthe terminal apparatus and preferential base station apparatusinformation indicating a priority of data transmission to the basestation apparatus; and determine any base station apparatus of the firstbase station apparatus and the second base station apparatus, as a datatransmission destination base station apparatus, for data to whichbearer split is configured by the data control information, based on atleast one of the preferential base station apparatus information andterminal information of the terminal apparatus.

(6) In the terminal apparatus according to (5), the terminal informationmay be radio channel quality information and/or a transmission bufferquantity of the terminal apparatus.

(7) According to still another aspect of the present invention, there isprovided a terminal apparatus that communicates with a first basestation apparatus and a second base station apparatus. The terminalapparatus is adapted to: receive, from the first base station apparatus,an RRC message including data control information related to datatransmission and reception of the terminal apparatus; receive, from thefirst base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus, a MACmessage including transmission destination base station apparatusinformation indicating any one base station apparatus of the first basestation apparatus and the second base station apparatus as a basestation apparatus which is a data transmission destination; anddetermine any base station apparatus of the first base station apparatusand the second base station apparatus, as a data transmissiondestination base station apparatus, for data to which bearer split isconfigured by the data control information, depending on thetransmission destination base station apparatus information, in a casewhere the transmission destination base station apparatus information isreceived.

(8) According to still another aspect of the present invention, there isprovided a base station apparatus that is connected to another basestation apparatus, and communicates with a terminal apparatus. The basestation apparatus is adapted to: transmit, to the terminal apparatus,data control information related to data transmission and reception ofthe terminal apparatus and preferential base station apparatusinformation indicating a priority of data transmission to the basestation apparatus.

(9) According to still another aspect of the present invention, there isprovided a base station apparatus that is connected to another basestation apparatus, and communicates with a terminal apparatus. The basestation apparatus is adapted to: transmit data control informationrelated to data transmission and reception of the terminal apparatus tothe terminal apparatus by using an RRC message; transmit transmissiondestination base station apparatus information indicating any one of thebase station apparatus and the other base station apparatus as a basestation apparatus which is a data transmission destination to theterminal apparatus by using a MAC message; and transmit uplinktransmission permission information of the base station apparatus to theterminal apparatus.

(10) In the base station apparatus according to (9), the base stationapparatus may be adapted to receive base station apparatus informationof the other base station apparatus from the other base stationapparatus, may compare the base station apparatus information items ofthe other base station apparatus and the base station apparatus, and maydetermine transmission destination base station apparatus information.

(11) According to still another aspect of the present invention, thereis provided a wireless communication method that is applied to awireless communication system in which a first base station apparatusand a second base station apparatus communicate with a terminalapparatus. The method includes: a step of causing the first base stationapparatus to transmit, to the terminal apparatus, data controlinformation related to data transmission and reception of the terminalapparatus and preferential base station apparatus information indicatinga priority of data transmission to the base station apparatus; and astep of causing the terminal apparatus to determine any base stationapparatus of the first base station apparatus and the second basestation apparatus, as a data transmission destination base stationapparatus, for data to which bearer split is configured by the datacontrol information, based on at least one of the preferential basestation apparatus information and terminal information of the terminalapparatus.

(12) According to still another aspect of the present invention, thereis provided a wireless communication method that is applied to awireless communication system in which a first base station apparatusand a second base station apparatus communicate with a terminalapparatus. The method includes: a step of causing the first base stationapparatus to transmit data control information related to datatransmission and reception of the terminal apparatus to the terminalapparatus by using an RRC message; a step of causing the first basestation apparatus or the second base station apparatus to transmittransmission destination base station apparatus information indicatingany one base station apparatus of the first base station apparatus andthe second base station apparatus as a base station apparatus which is adata transmission destination to the terminal apparatus by using a MACmessage; and a step of causing the terminal apparatus to determine anybase station apparatus of the first base station apparatus and thesecond base station apparatus, as a data transmission destination basestation apparatus, depending on the transmission destination basestation apparatus information, for data to which bearer split isconfigured by the data control information, in a case where thetransmission destination base station apparatus information is received.

(13) According to still another aspect of the present invention, thereis provided an integrated circuit that is applied to a base stationapparatus which is connected to another base station apparatus andcommunicates with a terminal apparatus. The integrated circuit includes:means for transmitting data control information related to datatransmission and reception of the terminal apparatus to the terminalapparatus by using an RRC message; means for transmitting transmissiondestination base station apparatus information indicating any one of thebase station apparatus and the other base station apparatus as a basestation apparatus which is a data transmission destination to theterminal apparatus by using a MAC message; and means for transmittinguplink transmission permission information of the base station apparatusto the terminal apparatus.

(14) According to still another aspect of the present invention, thereis provided an integrated circuit that is applied to a terminalapparatus which communicates with a first base station apparatus and asecond base station apparatus. The integrated circuit includes: meansfor receiving, from the first base station apparatus, data controlinformation related to data transmission and reception of the terminalapparatus and preferential base station apparatus information indicatinga priority of data transmission to the base station apparatus; and meansfor determining any base station apparatus of the first base stationapparatus and the second base station apparatus, as a data transmissiondestination base station apparatus, for data to which bearer split isconfigured by the data control information, based on at least one of thepreferential base station apparatus information and terminal informationof the terminal apparatus.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to the aspect of the present invention, a mobile stationapparatus can perform efficient data transmission to a base stationapparatus as a macrocell or a base station apparatus as a small cell.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a structure of a mobilestation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a structure of a base stationapparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of the basestation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a structure of a physicalchannel in EUTRA.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a structure of a downlinkchannel in the EUTRA.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a structure of an uplinkchannel in the EUTRA.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a structure of a communicationprotocol related to control information items of the base stationapparatus and the mobile station apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a structure of a communicationprotocol related to user information items of the base station apparatusand the mobile station apparatus.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an example of dual connect.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the example of the dual connect.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the example of the dual connect.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

An OFDM scheme is adopted as a downlink of EUTRA. A single carriercommunication method of a DFT-spread OFDM scheme is adopted as an uplinkof the EUTRA.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a structure of a physical channel of theEUTRA. A downlink physical channel includes a physical downlink sharedchannel PDSCH, a physical downlink control channel PDCCH, and a physicalbroadcast channel PBCH. In addition, there are physical signals such asa downlink synchronization signal and a downlink reference signal (NPL1).

An uplink physical channel includes a physical random access channelPRACH, a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH, and a physical uplinkcontrol channel PUCCH. In addition, there is a physical signal such asan uplink reference signal (NPL 1).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a structure of a downlink channel of theEUTRA. The downlink channel shown in FIG. 5 includes a logical channel,a transport channel, and a physical channel. The logical channel defineskinds of data transport services transmitted and received in a mediumaccess control (MAC) layer. The transport channel defines thecharacteristic of data transmitted by a wireless interface and how totransmit the data. The physical channel is a physical channel on whichdata transferred to the physical layer by the transport channel isdelivered.

The downlink logical channel includes a broadcast control channel BCCH,a paging control channel PCCH, a common control channel CCCH, adedicated control channel DCCH, and a dedicated traffic channel DTCH.

The downlink transport channel includes a broadcast channel BCH, apaging channel PCH, and a downlink shared channel DL-SCH.

The downlink physical channel includes a physical broadcast channelPBCH, a physical downlink control channel PDCCH, and a physical downlinkshared channel PDSCH. These channels are transmitted and receivedbetween a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus.

Hereinafter, the logical channel will be described. The broadcastcontrol channel BCCH is a downlink channel used for broadcasting systemcontrol information. The paging control channel PCCH is a downlinkchannel for transmitting paging information, and is used when a networkdoes not know a cell position of the mobile station apparatus. Thecommon control channel CCCH is a channel used for transmitting controlinformation between the mobile station apparatus and the network, and isused by the mobile station apparatus which does not establish radioresource control (RRC) connection with the network.

The dedicated control channel DCCH is a point-to-point bidirectionalchannel, and is a channel used for transmitting individual controlinformation between the mobile station apparatus and the network. Thededicated control channel DCCH is used by the mobile station apparatuswhich establishes the RRC connection. The dedicated traffic channel DTCHis a point-to-point bidirectional channel, is a dedicated channel forone mobile station apparatus, and is used for transmitting userinformation (unicast data).

Hereinafter, the transport channel will be described. The broadcastchannel BCH is broadcasted to all cells in a transmission format whichis fixed or is defined in advance. The downlink shared channel DL-SCHsupports hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ), dynamic adaptationradio link control and discontinuous reception (DRX), and needs to bebroadcasted to all the cells.

The paging channel PCH supports the DRX, and needs to be broadcasted toall the cells. The paging channel PCH is mapped to a physical resourcedynamically used for the traffic channel or another control channel,that is, the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH.

Hereinafter, the physical channel will be described. The physicalbroadcast channel PBCH maps to the broadcast channel BCH at intervals of40 milliseconds. The physical downlink control channel PDCCH is achannel used for notifying the mobile station apparatus of a certainuplink transmission permission (uplink grant) in resource assignment ofthe downlink shared channel PDSCH, hybrid automatic repeat request(HARQ) information for downlink data, and resource assignment of thephysical uplink shared channel PUSCH. The physical downlink sharedchannel PDSCH is a channel used for transmitting the downlink data orthe paging information.

Hereinafter, the channel mapping will be described. As shown in FIG. 5,in the downlink, the mapping of the transport channel and the physicalchannel is performed as follows. The broadcast channel BCH is mapped tothe physical broadcast channel PBCH. The paging channel PCH and thedownlink shared channel DL-SCH are mapped to the physical downlinkshared channel PDSCH. The physical downlink control channel PDCCH isindependently used as the physical channel.

In the downlink, the mapping of the logical channel and the transportchannel is performed as follows. The paging control channel PCCH ismapped to the paging channel PCH. The broadcast control channel BCCH ismapped to the broadcast channel BCH and the downlink shared channelDL-SCH. The common control channel CCCH, the dedicated control channelDCCH and the dedicated traffic channel DTCH are mapped to the downlinkshared channel DL-SCH.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a structure of an uplink channel of theEUTRA. The uplink channel shown in FIG. 6 includes a logical channel, atransport channel and a physical channel. The definition of therespective channels is the same as that of the downlink channels.

The uplink logical channel includes a common control channel CCCH, adedicated control channel DCCH, and a dedicated traffic channel DTCH.

The uplink transport channel includes an uplink shared channel UL-SCH,and a random access channel RACH.

The uplink physical channel includes a physical uplink control channelPUCCH, a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH, and a physical randomaccess channel PRACH. These channels are transmitted and receivedbetween the base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus. Thephysical random access channel PRACH is mainly used for transmitting arandom access preamble for acquiring transmission timing informationfrom the mobile station apparatus to the base station apparatus. Therandom access preamble is transmitted during a random access procedure.

Hereinafter, the logical channel will be described. The common controlchannel CCCH is a channel used for transmitting control informationbetween the mobile station apparatus and the network, and is used by themobile station apparatus which does not establish radio resource control(RRC) connection with the network.

The dedicated control channel DCCH is a point-to-point bidirectionalchannel, and is a channel used for transmitting individual controlinformation between the mobile station apparatus and the network. Thededicated control channel DCCH is used by the mobile station apparatuswhich establishes the RRC connection. The dedicated traffic channel DTCHis a point-to-point bidirectional channel, is a dedicated channel forone mobile station apparatus, and is used for transmitting userinformation (unicast data).

Hereinafter, the transport channel will be described. The uplink sharedchannel UL-SCH supports hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ), dynamicadaptation radio link control and discontinuous transmission (DTX). Onthe random access channel RACH, restricted control information istransmitted.

Hereinafter, the physical channel will be described. The physical uplinkcontrol channel PUCCH is a channel used for notifying the base stationapparatus of response information (ACK or NACK) to the downlink data,radio channel quality information of the downlink and a transmissionrequest (scheduling request: SR) of uplink data. The physical uplinkshared channel PUSCH is a channel used for transmitting the uplink data.The physical random access channel is a channel used for transmittingthe random access preamble.

Hereinafter, the channel mapping will be described. In the uplink, themapping of the transport channel and the physical channel is performedas shown in FIG. 6. The uplink shared channel UL-SCH is mapped to thephysical uplink shared channel PUSCH. The random access channel RACH ismapped to the physical random access channel PRACH. The physical uplinkcontrol channel PUCCH is a physical channel having no mapped transportchannel.

In the uplink, the mapping of the logical channel and the transportchannel is performed as follows. The common control channel CCCH, thededicated control channel DCCH and the dedicated traffic channel DTCHare mapped to the uplink shared channel UL-SCH.

FIG. 7 is a protocol stack which deals control data of the mobilestation apparatus and the base station apparatus of the EUTRA. FIG. 8 isa protocol stack which deals user data of the mobile station apparatusand the base station apparatus of the EUTRA. The protocol stacks will bedescribed below with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

A physical layer (PHY layer) provides a transport service to a higherlayer by using the physical channel. The PHY layer is connected to ahigher medium access control layer (MAC layer) on the transport channel.Data is moved between the layers of the MAC layer and the PHY layerthrough the transport channel. Data is transmitted and received betweenthe PHY layers of the mobile station apparatus and the base stationapparatus through the physical channel.

The MAC layer maps various logical channels to various transportchannels. The MAC layer is connected to a higher radio link controllayer (RLC layer) on a logical channel. The logical channel is greatlydivided according to the kind of information to be transported, and isdivided into a control channel on which control information istransported and a traffic channel on which user information istransported. The MAC layer has a function of controlling the PHY layerin order to perform discontinuous reception and discontinuoustransmission (DRX and DTX), a function of performing the random accessprocedure, a function of notifying transmit power information, and afunction of performing HARQ control.

The RLC layer performs segmentation and concatenation on data receivedfrom a higher layer, and adjusts a data service such that a lower layercan appropriately transmit data. The RLC layer has a function ofguaranteeing quality of service (QoS) requested by each data. That is,the RLC layer has a function of controlling data retransmission.

A packet data convergence protocol layer (PDCP layer) has a headercompression function of compressing the control information in order toefficiently transport an IP packet which is the user data in a radiosection. The PDCP layer has a function of ciphering data.

The radio resource control layer (RRC layer) is defined for only thecontrol information. The RRC layer configures and reconfigures a radiobearer (RB), and controls the logical channel, the transport channel andthe physical channel. The RB is divided into a signaling radio bearer(SRB) and a data radio bearer (DRB). The SRB is used as a path on whichan RRC message which is the control information is transmitted. The DRBis used as a path on which the user information is transmitted. Each RBis configured between the RRC layers of the base station apparatus andthe mobile station apparatus.

The PHY layer corresponds to a physical layer as a first layer of ahierarchy of the open systems interconnection (OSI) model which isgenerally known, the MAC layer, the RLC layer and the PDCP layercorrespond to a data link layer which is a second layer of the OSImodel, and the RRC layer corresponds to a network layer which is a thirdlayer of the OSI model.

The random access procedure will be described below. The random accessprocedure includes two access procedures of a contention based randomaccess procedure and a non-contention based random access procedure (NPL1).

The contention based random access procedure having a possibility thatcontention will occur between the mobile station apparatuses, and isperformed by the scheduling request in a case where initial access isperformed in a state in which connection (communication) with the basestation apparatus is not performed or in a case where the connectionwith the base station apparatus is performed but uplink data istransmitted to the mobile station apparatus in a state in which uplinksynchronization is incorrect.

The non-contention based random access procedure is a random accessprocedure in which contention does not occur between the mobile stationapparatuses, and the mobile station apparatus starts the random accessprocedure in response to an instruction from the base station apparatusin a special case such as a case where a transmission timing of themobile station apparatus is not valid or handover in order to rapidlyachieve the uplink synchronization between the mobile station apparatusand the base station apparatus in a case where the base stationapparatus and the mobile station apparatus are connected but the unlinksynchronization is incorrect. The non-contention based random accessprocedure is performed in response to the control data of the physicaldownlink control channel PDCCH and a message of the radio resourcecontrol (RRC: Layer3) layer.

The contention based random access procedure will be simply described.Initially, a mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits the random accesspreamble to a base station apparatus 3-1 (message 1: (1), step S1). Thebase station apparatus 3-1 that has received the random access preambletransmits a response (random access response) to the random accesspreamble to the mobile station apparatus 1-1 (message 2: (2), step S2).The mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits a message of a higher layer(Layer2 or Layer3) based on scheduling information included in therandom access preamble (message 3: (3), step S3). The base stationapparatus 3-1 transmits a contention resolution message to the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 that has received the higher layer message of (3)(message 4: (4), step S4). The contention based random access isreferred to as random preamble transmission.

The non-contention based random access procedure will be simplydescribed. Initially, the base station apparatus 3-1 notifies the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 of a preamble number (or a sequence number) and arandom access channel number to be used (message 0; (1)′, step S11). Themobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits the random access preamble of thedesignated preamble number to the designated random access channel RACH(message 1: (2)′, step S12). The base station apparatus 3-1 that hasreceived the random access preamble transmits a response (random accessresponse) to the random access preamble to the mobile station apparatus1-1 (message 2: (3)′, step S13). In a case where the value of thenotified preamble number is 0, the contention based random accessprocedure is performed. The non-contention based random access procedureis referred to as dedicated preamble transmission.

The scheduling request (SR) will be described below. The physical uplinkcontrol channel PUCCH is used for transmitting a response (ACK or NACK)of the downlink data transmitted on the physical downlink shared channelPUSCH, radio channel quality information (channel quality indicator:CQI) of the downlink, and a transmission request (scheduling request) ofthe uplink data. In a case where the mobile station apparatus 1-1performs the transmission request of the uplink data, the mobile stationapparatus transmits the scheduling request to the base station apparatus3-1 by using the physical uplink control channel PUCCH assigned by thebase station apparatus 3-1.

After the scheduling request is transmitted, in a case where thephysical uplink shared channel PUSCH is assigned by the base stationapparatus 3-1, the mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits buffer statusreport (BSR) indicating buffer status information of transmission dataof the mobile station apparatus 1-1 on the assigned physical uplinkshared channel PUSCH. The base station apparatus 3-1 performs uplinkdata scheduling on the mobile station apparatus 1-1 based on the bufferstatus report.

After the scheduling request is transmitted, in a case where thephysical uplink shared channel PUSCH is not assigned by the base stationapparatus 3-1, the mobile station apparatus 1-1 retransmits thescheduling request. In a case where the physical uplink shared channelPUSCH is not assigned by the base station apparatus 3-1 even though theretransmission of the scheduling request is repeated, the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 releases the assigned physical uplink control channelPUCCH and the uplink reference signal, and performs the random accessprocedure for performing the scheduling request. In the schedulingrequest performed by the random access procedure, the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 transmits the buffer status response in the transmissionof the message 3.

Hereinafter, the function of the MAC layer of the mobile stationapparatus will be described in more detail. The MAC layer has a functionof mapping the respective logical channels to the transport channel.This procedure is referred to as a logical channel prioritization (LCP)procedure. A basic LCP procedure determines a transmission prioritylevel of the transmission data in consideration of a priority of eachlogical channel and a transmission bit rate (prioritized bit rate: PBR)at which the transmission data needs to be transmitted within a givenperiod of time corresponding to the QoS of the radio bearer, and mapsdata to the transport channel in descending order of the transmissionpriority level at a point of time when the uplink grant is received. TheMAC layer when the connection with the base station apparatus isperformed acquires information such as a logical channel number of eachRB, the priority of the logical channel and PBR from the RRC layer.

The MAC layer has a function of notifying of the data amount of atransmission buffer corresponding to each logical channel. This functionis referred to as buffer status report (BSR). In the BSR, the respectivelogical channels are assigned to a logical channel group (LCG), andtransmission buffer volumes of the respective LCGs are notified to thebase station apparatus, as a message of the MAC layer.

As a condition in which the BSR is triggered, there are severalconditions. For example, when data capable of being transmitted isgenerated and this data has a priority of the logical channel is higherthan that data present in the transmission buffer, the trigger conditionof the BSR is satisfied. When one periodical timer expires, the triggercondition of the BSR is satisfied. The BSR includes Short BSR forreporting a buffer status of one logical channel group and Long BSR forreporting a buffer status of a plurality of logical channel groups.

In a case where radio resource (physical uplink shared channel PUSCH)for notifying the BSR in a case where the trigger condition of the BSRis satisfied is not assigned, the MAC layer instructs the PHY layer totransmit the scheduling request (SR). After the radio resource isassigned, the MAC layer transmits the BSR. In a case where theinstruction to transmit the scheduling request is received from the MAClayer, the PHY layer transmits the scheduling request by using thephysical uplink control channel PUCCH. In a case where the physicaluplink control channel PUCCH for transmitting the scheduling request isnot assigned (is not valid), the MAC layer instructs the PHY layer toperform the scheduling request using the physical random access channelPRACH.

In the 3GPP, Advanced-EUTRA which is further evolution of the EUTRA hasbeen discussed. In the Advanced-EUTRA, it is assumed that communicationis performed at a maximum transmission rate of 1 Gbps or more in thedownlink and at a transmission rate of 500 Mbps or more in the uplink byusing a band up to a maximum bandwidth of 100 MHz in the uplink and thedownlink.

In the Advanced-EUTRA, it is considered that a maximum bandwidth of 100MHz is achieved by binding a plurality of bands of 20 MHz or less in theEUTRA such that the mobile station apparatus of the EUTRA can beaccommodated. In the Advanced-EUTRA, one band of 20 MHz or less in theEUTRA is called a component carrier (CC). One cell is constituted bybinding one downlink component carrier and one uplink component carrier.One cell may be constructed by only one downlink component carrier.

The base station apparatus assigns a plurality of cells satisfying thecommunication capability and communication condition of the mobilestation apparatus, and communicates with the mobile station apparatusthrough the plurality of assigned cells. Among the plurality of cellsassigned to the mobile station apparatus, one cell is classified as afirst cell (primary cell: PCell), and other cells are classified assecond cells (secondary cell: SCell). A special function such as theassignment of the physical uplink control channel PUCCH is configuredfor the first cell.

In order to reduce the power consumption of the mobile stationapparatus, the mobile station apparatus does not perform a downlinkreception process on the immediately assigned second cells (or does notfollow radio resource assignment information indicated by the physicaldownlink control channel PDCCH). After the instruction to activate thesecond cells (or the activation instruction) is received from the basestation apparatus, the mobile station apparatus starts the downlinkreception process on the second cells to be activated as instructed (orfollows the radio resource assignment information indicated by thephysical downlink control channel PDCCH).

After the instruction to deactivate the activated second cells isreceived from the base station apparatus, the mobile station apparatusstops the downlink reception process on the second cells to bedeactivated (or to be subject to the deactivation) as instructed (ordoes not follow the radio resource assignment information indicated bythe physical downlink control channel PDCCH). The second cells which areactivated as instructed by the base station apparatus and on which thedownlink reception process is performed are referred to as activatedcells, and the second cells immediately assigned to the mobile stationapparatus from the base station apparatus and the second cells which aredeactivated as instructed and on which the downlink reception process isstopped are referred to as deactivated cells. The first cell isconstantly an activated cell.

In a case where carrier aggregation is performed, the MAC layer of themobile station apparatus has a function of controlling the PHY layer inorder to perform the activation or deactivation of the cells, and afunction of controlling the PHY layer in order to manage thetransmission timing of the uplink.

It has been examined that, as dual connect with two base stationapparatuses, the mobile station apparatus simultaneously communicateswith both the base station apparatuses as shown in FIG. 9. The dualconnect assumes that the mobile station apparatus is connected to thebase station apparatus as the macrocell and the base station apparatusas the small cell and the mobile station apparatus and both the basestation apparatuses perform the transmission and reception of datathrough the plurality of cells in a case where the base stationapparatus as the macrocell and the base station apparatus as the smallcell are connected using not a high-speed backbone line (referred to asbackhaul) such as an optical fiber regarded as having no delay but alow-speed backbone line having delay (NPL 2).

Similarily to the carrier aggregation, in the dual connect, it ispreferable that the communication is performed between the mobilestation apparatus and the base station apparatus by using the macrocellas the first cell (PCell) and the small cell as the second cell (SCell).However, the dual connect may be configured irrespective of the type(macrocell or small cell) of the cell of the base station apparatus. Inthe dual connect, it is assumed that the transmission and reception ofcontrol data (control information) are performed between the basestation apparatus as the macrocell and the mobile station apparatus andthe transmission and reception of user data (user information) areperformed between the base station apparatus as the small cell and themobile station apparatus.

The base station apparatus that transmits and receives data may bechanged based on the type of data (for example, QoS or logical channel)in addition to the classifications such as the control data and the userdata. For example, it is considered that data items on the same dataradio bearer are transmitted to the mobile station apparatus fromdifferent base station apparatuses of the base station apparatus as themacrocell and the base station apparatus as the small cell and dataitems on the same data radio bearer is transmitted to different basestation apparatuses of the base station as the macrocell and the basestation apparatus as the small cell from the mobile station apparatus.

In the dual connect shown in FIG. 10, control information (control-planeinformation) of at least the mobile station apparatus 1-1 is transmittedand received between the base station apparatus 3-1 as the macrocell andthe Mobility Management Entity (MME). User information (User-planeinformation) of at least mobile station apparatus 1-1 is transmitted andreceived between the base station apparatus 3-2 as the small cell andthe gateway (GW). Control information for controlling the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 is transmitted and received between the base stationapparatus 3-1 as the macrocell and the base station apparatus 3-2 as thesmall cell.

At least control information is transmitted and received between thebase station apparatus 3-1 as the macrocell and the mobile stationapparatus 1-1. User information is transmitted and received between thebase station apparatus 3-2 as the small cell and the mobile stationapparatus 1-1. User information is transmitted and received between thebase station apparatus 3-1 as the macrocell and the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 in some cases.

In the dual connect shown in FIG. 11, control information (control-planeinformation) of at least mobile station apparatus 1-1 is transmitted andreceived between the base station apparatus 3-1 as the macrocell and theMobility Management Entity (MME). User information (user-planeinformation) of at least mobile station apparatus 1-1 is transmitted andreceived between the base station apparatus 3-1 as the macrocell and thegateway (GW).

The base station apparatus 3-1 as the macrocell transports the userinformation received from the GW to the base station apparatus 3-2 asthe small cell. The base station apparatus 3-2 as the small celltransports the user information received from the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 to the base station apparatus 3-1. Control information forcontrolling the mobile station apparatus 1-1 is transmitted and receivedbetween the base station apparatus 3-1 as the macrocell and the basestation apparatus 3-2 as the small cell.

Control information or user information is transmitted and receivedbetween the base station apparatus 3-1 as the macrocell and the mobilestation apparatus 1-1. User information is transmitted and receivedbetween the base station apparatus 3-2 as the small cell and the mobilestation apparatus 1-1. In the dual connect of the structure of FIG. 4,bearer split in which the mobile station apparatus and both the basestation apparatuses transmit and receive information items on the sameradio bearer (RB) through both the cells of the macrocell and the smallcell is performed.

In a case where one or both of a reception timing for each downlinkcomponent carrier in the mobile station apparatus and a transmissiontiming for each uplink component carrier to the base station apparatusare different for each cell due to the arrangement relationship betweenthe base station apparatuses, cells in which the uplink transmissiontimings are the same are grouped, and the communication is performed.The cells in which the transmission timings are the same being groupedis referred to as a transmission timing group (timing advance group).The MAC layer of the mobile station apparatus has a function ofcontrolling the PHY layer in order to manage the transmission timinggroup.

Embodiment

[Structure Description]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the structure of the mobile stationapparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each ofthe mobile station apparatuses 1-1 to 1-3 includes an uplink dataprocessing unit 101, an uplink control unit 103-1, an uplink controlunit 103-2, a transmission data storage unit 105-1, a transmission datastorage unit 105-2, a transmission HARQ processing unit 107-1, atransmission HARQ processing unit 107-2, a transmission processing unit109-1, a transmission processing unit 109-2, a radio unit 111-1, a radiounit 111-2, a reception processing unit 113-1, a reception processingunit 113-2, a reception HARQ processing unit 115-1, a reception HARQprocessing unit 115-2, a MAC information extraction unit 117-1, a MACinformation extraction unit 117-2, a downlink control unit 119-1, adownlink control unit 119-2, a downlink data processing unit 121-1, adownlink data processing unit 121-2, a PHY control unit 123, a MACcontrol unit 125, and an RRC control unit 127.

The user data from the higher layer and the control data from the RRCcontrol unit 127 are input to the uplink data processing unit 101. Theuplink data processing unit 101 has a function of the PDCP layer. Theuplink data processing unit 101 performs processes such as the headercompression of the IP packet of the user data, the ciphering of data andthe data segmentation and concatenation, and adjusts the data size. Theuplink data processing unit 101 outputs the processed data to the uplinkcontrol unit 103-1 or the uplink control unit 103-2.

The uplink data processing unit 101 may output the data to the uplinkcontrol unit 103-1 or the uplink control unit 103-2 in response to theinstruction from the base station apparatus 3-1. The uplink dataprocessing unit 101 may output the data to the uplink control unit 103-1or the uplink control unit 103-2 in consideration of the amount of dataaccumulated in the transmission data storage unit 105-1 and thetransmission data storage unit 105-2 or the downlink radio channelquality information.

The uplink control unit 103-1 or the uplink control unit 103-2 has afunction of the RLC layer. The uplink control unit 103-1 or the uplinkcontrol unit 103-2 performs the processes such as the data segmentationand concatenation on the data input from the uplink data processing unit101, and adjusts the data size. The uplink control unit 103-1 or theuplink control unit 103-2 performs retransmission control on specificdata. The uplink control unit 103-1 or the uplink control unit 103-2outputs the processed data to the transmission data storage unit 105-1or the transmission data storage unit 105-2.

The transmission data storage unit 105-1 accumulates (buffers) the dataof each logical channel input from the uplink control unit 103-1, andoutputs the instructed data corresponding to the instructed data amountto the transmission HARQ processing unit 107-1 based on the instructionfrom the MAC control unit 125. The transmission data storage unit 105-1outputs information of the data amount of accumulated data to the MACcontrol unit 125 based on the instruction from the MAC control unit 125.

In a case where data of the logical channel is newly input from theuplink control unit 103-1 in a state in which there is no data of thelogical channel, the transmission data storage unit 105-1 notifies theMAC control unit 125 that new data is generated. In a case where data ofthe logical channel having a priority higher than that of theaccumulated data of the logical channel is input from the uplink controlunit 103-1, the transmission data storage unit 105-1 notifies the MACcontrol unit 125 that data having a high priority is generated.Similarily to the transmission data storage unit 105-1, the transmissiondata storage unit 105-2 processes the data input from the uplink controlunit 103-2.

The transmission HARQ processing unit 107-1 ciphers the data input fromthe transmission data storage unit 105-1, and performs a puncturingprocess on the ciphered data. The transmission HARQ processing unit107-1 outputs the punctured data to the transmission processing unit109-1, and stores the ciphered data. In a case where the instruction toretransmit the data is received from the MAC control unit 125, thetransmission HARQ processing unit 107-1 performs a puncturing processdifferent from the previously performed puncturing process on the storedciphered data, and outputs the punctured data to the transmissionprocessing unit 109-1. Similarily to the transmission HARQ processingunit 107-1, the transmission HARQ processing unit 107-2 processes thedata input from the transmission data storage unit 105-2, and outputsthe processed data to the transmission processing unit 109-2.

The transmission processing unit 109-1 modulates and ciphers the datainput from the transmission HARQ processing unit 107-1. The transmissionprocessing unit 109-1 performs the discrete Fourier transform(DFT)-inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on the modulated andciphered data, inserts cyclic prefix (CP) into the processed data,disposes the data into which the CP has been inserted on the physicaluplink shared channel (PUSCH) of each component carrier (or cell) of theuplink, and outputs the data to the radio unit 111-1.

In a case where the instruction to respond the reception data isreceived from the PHY control unit 123, the transmission processing unit109-1 generates an ACK or NACK signal, disposes the generated signal onthe physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of each component carrier(or cell) of the uplink, and outputs the signal to the radio unit 111-1.In a case where the instruction to transmit the scheduling request isreceived from the PHY control unit 123, the transmission processing unit109-1 generates the scheduling request, disposes the generated signal onthe physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of each component carrier(or cell) of the uplink, and outputs the signal to the radio unit 111-1.

In a case where the instruction to transmit the random access preambleis received from the PHY control unit 123, the transmission processingunit 109-1 generates the random access preamble, disposes the generatedsignal on the physical random access channel (PRACH), and outputs thesignal to the radio unit 111-1. Similarily to the transmissionprocessing unit 109-1, the transmission processing unit 109-2 processesthe data input from the transmission HARQ processing unit 107-2, andoutputs the processed data to the radio unit 111-2.

The radio unit 111-1 performs up-conversion on the data input from thetransmission processing unit 109-1 such that the data has a radiofrequency of transmission positional information (transmission cellinformation) as instructed from the PHY control unit 123, adjuststransmit power, and transmits the data from the transmit antenna. Theradio unit 111-1 performs down-conversion on a radio signal received bya receive antenna, and outputs the signal to the reception processingunit 113-1.

Similarly, the radio unit 111-2 performs up-conversion on the data inputfrom the transmission processing unit 109-2 such that the data has aradio frequency of transmission positional information (transmissioncell information) as instructed from the PHY control unit 123, adjuststransmit power, and transmits the data from a transmit antenna. Theradio unit 111-2 performs down-conversion on the radio signal receivedby the reception signal, and outputs the signal to the receptionprocessing unit 113-2. The frequencies controlled by the radio unit111-1 and the radio unit 111-2 may belong to the same frequency band, ormay belong to different frequency bands.

The reception processing unit 113-1 performs a fast Fourier transform(FFT) process, a deciphering process, and a demodulation process on thesignal input from the radio unit 111-1. The reception processing unit113-1 outputs the data of the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)of the demodulated data to the reception HARQ processing unit 115-1. Thereception processing unit 113-1 outputs the response information (ACK orNACK) of the uplink transmission data of the control data acquired fromthe physical downlink control channel PDCCH of the demodulated data andthe uplink transmission permission information (uplink grant) to the MACcontrol unit 125.

The uplink transmission permission information includes the transmissionpositional information of the uplink radio resource (physical uplinkshared channel), data modulation and coding schemes, data sizeinformation and HARQ information. The reception processing unit 113-1measures the downlink reference signal, and measures the downlink radiochannel quality between the base station apparatus 3-1 and the mobilestation apparatus 1-1. Similarily to the reception processing unit113-1, the reception processing unit 113-2 processes the data input fromthe radio unit 111-2, and outputs the processes data to the receptionHARQ processing unit 115-2.

The reception HARQ processing unit 115-1 performs the decipheringprocess on the data input from the reception processing unit 113-1, andoutputs the data to the MAC information extraction unit 117-1 in a casewhere the deciphering process has succeeded. In a case where thedeciphering process on the input data has failed, the reception HARQprocessing unit 115-1 stores the data on which the deciphering processhas failed. In a case where the retransmission data is received, thereception HARQ processing unit 115-1 combines the stored data with theretransmission data, and performs the deciphering process on thecombined data.

The reception HARQ processing unit 115-1 notifies the MAC control unit125 of whether or not the deciphering process on the input data hassucceeded. Similarily to the reception HARQ processing unit 115-1, thereception HARQ processing unit 115-2 processes the data input from thereception processing unit 113-2, and outputs the processed data to theMAC information extraction unit 117-2.

The MAC information extraction unit 117-1 extracts the control data ofthe medium access control layer (MAC layer) from the data input from thereception HARQ processing unit 115-1, and outputs the extracted controlinformation to the MAC control unit 125. The MAC information extractionunit 117-1 outputs the remaining data to the downlink control unit119-1. Similarily to the MAC information extraction unit 117-1, the MACinformation extraction unit 117-2 processes the data input from thereception HARQ processing unit 115-2, and outputs the processed data tothe downlink control unit 119-2.

The downlink control unit 119-1 has the function of the RLC layer, andperforms the processes such as the segmentation and concatenation on thedata input from the MAC information extraction unit 117-1. The downlinkcontrol unit 119-1 outputs the processed data to the downlink dataprocessing unit 121. Similarily to the downlink control unit 119-1, thedownlink control unit 119-2 processes the data input from the MACinformation extraction unit 117-1, and outputs the processed data to thedownlink data processing unit 121.

The downlink data processing unit 121 has the function of the PDCPlayer, has a function of decompressing (restoring) the compressed IPheader and a function of deciphering the ciphered data, and performs theprocesses such as the data segmentation and concatenation. The downlinkdata processing unit 121 separates the data into an RRC message and userdata, outputs the RRC message to the RRC control unit 127, and outputsthe user data to the higher layer.

The PHY control unit 123 controls the transmission processing unit109-1, the transmission processing unit 109-2, the radio unit 111-1, theradio unit 111-2, the reception processing unit 113-1 and the receptionprocessing unit 113-2 in response to the instruction from the MACcontrol unit 125. The PHY control unit 123 notifies the transmissionprocessing unit 109-1 or the transmission processing unit 109-2 of themodulation and ciphering schemes and the transmission position from themodulation and ciphering schemes, the transmit power information and thetransmission positional information (transmission cell information)notified from the MAC control unit 125, and notifies the radio unit111-1 or the radio unit 111-2 of frequency information and transmitpower information of a transmission cell.

The MAC control unit 125 determines a data transmission destination anda data transmission priority level based on data control configurationdesignated from the RRC control unit 127, data amount informationacquired from the transmission data storage unit 105-1 or thetransmission data storage unit 105-2, and uplink transmission permissioninformation acquired from the reception processing unit 113-1 or thereception processing unit 113-2, and notifies the transmission datastorage unit 105-1 or the transmission data storage unit 105-2 ofinformation regarding data to be transmitted. The MAC control unit 125notifies the transmission HARQ processing unit 107-1 or the transmissionHARQ processing unit 107-2 of the HARQ information, and outputs themodulation and ciphering schemes and the transmission positionalinformation to the PHY control unit 123.

If a change in an accumulated state of the data from the transmissiondata storage unit 103-1 or the transmission data storage unit 103-2 isnotified, the MAC control unit 125 triggers the buffer status report. Ina case where the uplink transmission permission information is acquiredfrom the reception processing unit 113-1 or the reception processingunit 113-2 in a state in which the buffer status report is triggered,the MAC control unit 125 instructs the transmission data storage unit103 to report the data accumulation amount of each logical channel.

If the data accumulation amount of each logical channel is acquired fromthe transmission data storage unit 105-1 or the transmission datastorage unit 105-2, the MAC control unit 125 generates the buffer statusreport, and outputs the generated buffer status report to thetransmission data storage unit 105-1 or the transmission data storageunit 105-2.

In a case where the uplink transmission permission information is notacquired in a state in which the buffer status report is triggered, theMAC control unit 125 determines to transmit the scheduling request, andinstructs the PHY control unit 123 to transmit the scheduling request.In a case where the uplink transmission permission informationcorresponding to the scheduling request is acquired, the MAC controlunit 125 generates the buffer status report, and outputs the generatedbuffer status report to the transmission data storage unit 105-1 or thetransmission data storage unit 105-2.

The MAC control unit 125 counts the transmission number of times of thescheduling request, and instructs the PHY control unit 123 to transmitthe random access preamble in a case where the uplink transmissionpermission information is not acquired even though the transmissionnumber of times of the scheduling request reaches the maximumtransmission number of times. The MAC control unit 125 notifies the RRCcontrol unit 127 that the uplink radio resource assigned to the mobilestation apparatus is released.

The MAC control unit 125 acquires the response information to the uplinktransmission data from the reception processing unit 113-1 or thereception processing unit 113-2, and instructs the transmission HARQprocessing unit 107-1 or the transmission HARQ processing unit 107-2 andthe PHY control unit 123 to retransmit the uplink transmission data in acase where the response information indicates the NACK (negativeresponse). In a case where information regarding whether or not thedeciphering process on the data has succeeded is acquired from thereception HARQ processing unit 115-1 or the reception HARQ processingunit 115-2, the MAC control unit 125 instructs the PHY control unit 123to transmit the ACK or NACK signal.

The MAC control unit 125 has the function of the MAC layer, andinstructs the PHY control unit 123 to control the radio unit 111-1 orthe radio unit 111-2, the transmission processing unit 109-1 or thetransmission processing unit 109-2, and the reception processing unit113-1 or the reception processing unit 113-2 in order to control theactivation or deactivation and the DRX in a case where discontinuousreception (DRX) control information and activation or deactivationinstruction information of the cell (or the component carrier) of MACcontrol information input from the MAC information extraction unit 117-1or the MAC information extraction unit 117-2 is acquired.

The MAC control unit 125 manages the validation and invalidation of thetransmission timing of the uplink by using a transmission timing timer.The MAC control unit 125 includes the transmission timing timer for eachcell or each transmission timing group, and starts or restarts thetransmission timing timer corresponding to a case where the transmissiontiming information is applied to each cell or each transmission timinggroup. In a case where the transmission timing timer expires, the MACcontrol unit 125 stops transmitting the uplink to the cell of which thetransmission timing timer expires.

The MAC control unit 125 outputs the transmission timing information ofthe MAC control information input from the MAC information extractionunit 117-1 or the MAC information extraction unit 117-2 to the PHYcontrol unit 123. The MAC control unit 125 manages the uplinktransmission timing, and controls the PHY control unit 123.

The RRC control unit 127 performs various configurations forcommunicating with the base station apparatus 3-1 or the base stationapparatus 3-2, such as RRC connection and disconnection processes withand from the base station apparatus 3-1, configuration of the carrieraggregation, and data control configurations of the control data anduser data. The RRC control unit 127 performs information exchange withthe higher layer according to various configurations, and controls thelower layer according to various configurations. The RRC control unit127 manages the radio resource of each cell assigned from the basestation apparatus 3-1.

The RRC control unit 127 generates the RRC message, and outputs thegenerated RRC message to the uplink data processing unit 101. The RRCcontrol unit 127 analyzes the RRC message input from the downlink dataprocessing unit 121. The RRC control unit 127 outputs informationnecessary for the MAC layer to the MAC control unit 125, and outputsinformation necessary for the physical layer to the PHY control unit123.

In a case where data control configuration information such as thelogical channel of each data, the priority of the logical channel ofeach data, information indicating the relationship between the logicalchannel group and the logical channel of each control data andrelationship information between the base station apparatus (or the cellor the cell group) and the logical channel is acquired, the RRC controlunit 127 outputs the data transmission control configuration informationto the MAC control unit 125. In a case where it is recognized that thecommunication in the dual connect between the base station apparatus 3-1and the base station apparatus 3-2 is performed, the RRC control unit127 notifies the MAC control unit 125 that these base stationapparatuses are in the dual connect state.

In a case where the releasing of the uplink radio resource is notifiedfrom the MAC layer, the RRC control unit 127 releases such as the radioresource of the uplink such as the physical uplink control channel PUCCHand the uplink reference signal assigned to a target cell.

The transmission processing unit 109-1, the transmission processing unit109-2, the radio unit 111-1, the radio unit 111-2, the receptionprocessing unit 113-1, the reception processing unit 113-2 and the PHYcontrol unit 123 perform the operation of the physical layer. Thetransmission data storage unit 105-1, the transmission data storage unit105-2, the transmission HARQ processing unit 107-1, the transmissionHARQ processing unit 107-2, the reception HARQ processing unit 115-1,the reception HARQ processing unit 115-2, the MAC information extractionunit 117-1, the MAC information extraction unit 117-2 and the MACcontrol unit 125 perform the operation of the MAC layer.

The uplink control unit 103-1, the uplink control unit 103-2, thedownlink control unit 119-1 and the downlink control unit 119-2 performthe operation of the RLC layer. The uplink data processing unit 101 andthe downlink data processing unit 121 perform the operation of the PDCPlayer, and the RRC control unit 127 performs the operation of the RRClayer.

The uplink control unit 103-1, the transmission data storage unit 105-1,the transmission HARQ processing unit 107-1, the transmission processingunit 109-1 and the radio unit 111-1 perform a transmission operation tothe base station apparatus 3-1, and the uplink control unit 103-2, thetransmission data storage unit 105-2, the transmission HARQ processingunit 107-2, the transmission processing unit 109-2 and the radio unit111-2 perform the transmission operation to the base station apparatus3-1.

The downlink control unit 119-1, the MAC information extraction unit117-1, the reception HARQ processing unit 115-1, the receptionprocessing unit 113-1 and the radio unit 111-1 performs a receptionoperation from the base station apparatus 3-1, and the downlink controlunit 119-2, the MAC information extraction unit 117-2, the receptionHARQ processing unit 115-2, the reception processing unit 113-2 and theradio unit 111-2 perform the reception operation from the base stationapparatus 3-2.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of the base station apparatusaccording to the embodiment of the present invention. The base stationapparatus 3-1 includes a downlink data processing unit 201, a downlinkcontrol unit 203, a transmission data storage unit 205, a transmissionHARQ processing unit 207, a transmission processing unit 209, a radiounit 211, a reception processing unit 213, a reception HARQ processingunit 215, a MAC information extraction unit 217, an uplink control unit219, an uplink data processing unit 221, a PHY control unit 223, a MACcontrol unit 225, an RRC control unit 227, aninter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 229, a MME communicationunit 231, and a GW communication unit 233.

The user data from the GW communication unit 233 and the control datafrom the RRC control 227 are input to the downlink data processing unit201. The downlink data processing unit 201 has the function of the PDCPlayer. The downlink data processing unit 201 performs processes such asthe header compression of the IP packet of the user data, the cipheringof data, and the data segmentation and concatenation, and adjusts thedata size. The downlink data processing unit 201 outputs the processeddata to the downlink control unit 203 or theinter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 229.

The downlink data processing unit 201 outputs the data to the downlinkcontrol unit 203 or the inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit229 in consideration of at least one of downlink radio channel qualityinformation, the data amount of the downlink data to the mobile stationapparatus 1-1, the transmission data amount (traffic amount) of the basestation apparatus 3-1 or the base station apparatus 3-2 to all themobile station apparatuses.

The downlink control unit 203 has the function of the RLC layer. Thedownlink control unit 203 performs the processes such as the datasegmentation and concatenation on the data input from the downlink dataprocessing unit 201, and adjusts the data size. The downlink controlunit 203 performs retransmission control on specific data. The downlinkcontrol unit 203 outputs the processed data to the transmission datastorage unit 205.

The transmission data storage unit 205 accumulates the data input fromthe downlink control unit 203 for each user, and outputs the instructeduser data corresponding to the instructed data amount to thetransmission HARQ processing unit 207 based on the instruction from theMAC control unit 225. The transmission data storage unit 205 outputsinformation of the data amount of accumulated data to the MAC controlunit 225.

The transmission HARQ processing unit 207 ciphers the input data, andperforms a puncturing process on the ciphered data. The transmissionHARQ processing unit 207 outputs the punctured data to the transmissionprocessing unit 209, and stores the ciphered data. In a case where theinstruction to retransmit the data is received from the MAC control unit225, the transmission HARQ processing unit 207 performs a puncturingprocess different from the previously performed puncturing process fromthe stored ciphered data, and outputs the punctured data to thetransmission processing unit 209.

The transmission processing unit 209 modulates and ciphers the datainput from the transmission HARQ processing unit 207. The transmissionprocessing unit 209 maps the modulated and ciphered data to the signalsand the respective channels such as the physical downlink controlchannel PDCCH of each cell, the downlink synchronization signal, thephysical broadcast channel PBCH and the physical downlink shared channelPDSCH, performs OFDM signal processing such as serial or parallelconversion, inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) or CP insertion on themapped data, and generates an OFDM signal.

The transmission processing unit 209 outputs the generated OFDM signalto the radio unit 211. In a case where the instruction to respond thereception data is received from the MAC control unit 225, thetransmission processing unit 209 generates the ACK or NACK signal,disposes the generated signal on the physical downlink control channelPDCCH, and outputs the signal to the radio unit 211. The transmissionprocessing unit 209 disposes the uplink transmission permissioninformation notified from the PHY control unit 223 on the physicaldownlink control channel PDCCH, and outputs the information to the radiounit 211.

The radio unit 211 performs up-conversion on the data input from thetransmission processing unit 209 such that the data has a radiofrequency, adjusts transmit power, and transmits the data from atransmit antenna. The radio unit 211 performs down-conversion a radiosignal received by a receive antenna, and outputs the radio signal tothe reception processing unit 213. The reception processing unit 213performs fast Fourier transform (FFT), deciphering, and demodulationprocess on the signal input from the radio unit 211.

The reception processing unit 213 outputs the data of the physicaluplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the demodulated data to the receptionHARQ processing unit 215. The reception processing unit 213 outputs theuplink transmission request information (scheduling request), downlinkradio channel quality information (CQI) and the response information(ACK or NACK) of the downlink transmission data of the control dataacquired from the physical uplink control channel PUCCH of thedemodulated data to the MAC control unit 225. The reception processingunit 213 measures the uplink reference signal, and measures the uplinkradio channel quality between the base station apparatus 3-1 and themobile station apparatus 1-1.

The reception HARQ processing unit 215 performs the deciphering processon the data input from the reception processing unit 213, and outputsthe data to the MAC information extraction unit 217 in a case where thedeciphering process has succeeded. In a case where the decipheringprocess on the input data has failed, the reception HARQ processing unit215 stores the data on which the deciphering process has failed. In acase where the retransmission data is received, the reception HARQprocessing unit 215 combines the stored data with the retransmissiondata, and performs the deciphering process. The reception HARQprocessing unit 215 notifies the MAC control unit 225 of whether or notthe deciphering process on the input data has succeeded.

The MAC information extraction unit 217 extracts the control data of theMAC layer from the data input from the reception HARQ processing unit215, and outputs the extracted control data to the MAC control unit 225.The MAC information extraction unit 217 outputs the remaining data tothe uplink control unit 219. As the control data of the MAC layer, thereis the buffer status report.

The uplink control unit 219 has the function of the RLC layer. Theuplink control unit 219 performs the processes such as the datasegmentation and concatenation on the data input from the MACinformation extraction unit 217, and adjusts the data size. The uplinkcontrol unit 219 performs retransmission control on specific data. Theuplink control unit 219 outputs the processed data to the uplink dataprocessing unit 221.

The uplink data processing unit 221 has the function of the PDCP layer.The uplink data processing unit 221 has a function of decompressing(restoring) the compressed IP header and a function of deciphering theciphered data, and performs the processes such as the data segmentationand concatenation. The uplink data processing unit 221 separates thedata into the RRC message and the user data, outputs the RRC message tothe RRC control unit 227, and outputs the user data to the GWcommunication unit 233.

The PHY control unit 223 controls the transmission processing unit 209,the radio unit 211 and the reception processing unit 213 in response tothe instruction from the MAC control unit 225. The PHY control unit 223generates the uplink transmission permission information from thescheduling result of the uplink notified from the MAC control unit 225,and notifies the transmission processing unit 209.

The MAC control unit 225 has the function of the MAC layer. The MACcontrol unit 225 controls the MAC layer based on the informationacquired from the RRC control unit 227 or the lower layer. The MACcontrol unit 225 performs a scheduling process on the data transmittedin the downlink and the uplink. The MAC control unit 225 performs thescheduling process on the downlink data from the response information(ACK or NACK) of the downlink transmission data input from the receptionprocessing unit 213, the downlink radio channel quality information(CQI) and the data amount information for each user acquired from thetransmission data storage unit 205. The MAC control unit 225 controlsthe transmission data storage unit 205, the transmission HARQ processingunit 207 and the transmission processing unit 209 based on the result ofthe scheduling process.

The MAC control unit 225 performs the scheduling process on the uplinkdata from the uplink transmission request information (schedulingrequest) input from the reception processing unit 213 and the bufferstatus report input from the MAC information extraction unit 217. TheMAC control unit 225 notifies the PHY control unit 223 of the result ofthe scheduling process.

The MAC control unit 225 acquires the response information to the uplinktransmission data from the reception processing unit 213, and instructsthe transmission HARQ processing unit 207 and the transmissionprocessing unit 209 to retransmit the data in a case where the responseinformation indicates the NACK (negative response). In a case where theinformation indicating whether or not the deciphering process on thedata has succeeded is acquired from the reception HARQ processing unit215, the MAC control unit 225 instructs the transmission processing unit209 to transmit the ACK or NACK signal.

The MAC control unit 225 performs the activation or deactivation processon the cell (or the component carrier) assigned to the mobile stationapparatus 1-1. The MAC control unit 225 manages the transmission timinggroup and the uplink transmission timing of each transmission timinggroup.

The RRC control unit 227 performs various configurations forcommunicating with the mobile station apparatus 1-1, such as the RRCconnection and disconnection process with and from the mobile stationapparatus 1-1, configuration of the carrier aggregation, configurationof the dual connect, and data control configuration indicating the cell(or the base station apparatus) in which the user data and the controldata of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 are transmitted and received atthe time of the dual connect, performs information exchange with thehigher layer according to various configurations, and controls the lowerlayer according to various configurations.

The RRC control unit 227 generates various RRC messages, and outputs thegenerated RRC message to the downlink data processing unit 201. The RRCcontrol unit 227 analyzes the RRC message input from the uplink dataprocessing unit 221. The RRC control unit 227 outputs informationnecessary for the MAC layer to the MAC control unit 225, and outputsinformation necessary for the physical layer to the PHY control unit223. In a case where the handover or the dual connect is performed, theRRC control unit 227 notifies the inter-base-station-apparatuscommunication unit 229 and the MME communication unit 231 of necessaryinformation.

The inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 229 is connected toanother base station apparatus (base station apparatus 3-2), andtransmits a control message between the base station apparatuses, whichis input from the RRC control unit 227, to another base stationapparatus. The inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 229receives the control message between the base station apparatuses fromanother base station apparatus, and outputs the received control messageto the RRC control unit 227. The control message between the basestation apparatuses includes a message related to the handover, acontrol message related to the connection and disconnection of the dualconnect, and a message related to the data control of the mobile stationapparatus 1-1.

The inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 229 transmits thedownlink user data of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 to another basestation apparatus connected in the dual connect. Theinter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 229 receives the uplinkuser data of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 connected in the dualconnect from another base station apparatus, and outputs to the receiveddata uplink data processing unit 221.

The MME communication unit 231 is connected to the Mobility ManagementEntity (MME), and transmits a control message (S1 message) between thebase station apparatus and the MME, which is input from the RRC controlunit 227, to the MME. The MME communication unit 231 receives thecontrol message between the base station apparatus and the MME from theMME, and outputs the received control message to the RRC control unit227. The control message between the base station apparatus and the MMEincludes a path switch request message, and a path switch requestresponse message.

The inter-GW communication unit 233 is connected to the gateway (GW),receives the user data of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 sent from theGW, and outputs the received data to the downlink data processing unit201. The inter-GW communication unit 233 transmits the user data of themobile station apparatus 1-1 input from the uplink data processing unit221 to the GW.

The transmission processing unit 209, the radio unit 211 and thereception processing unit 213 perform the operation of the PHY layer,the transmission data storage unit 205, the transmission HARQ processingunit 207, the reception HARQ processing unit 215, the MAC informationextraction unit 217 and the MAC control unit 225 perform the operationof the MAC layer, the downlink control unit 203 and the uplink controlunit 219 perform the operation of the RLC layer, the downlink dataprocessing unit 201 and the uplink data processing unit 221 performs theoperation of the PDCP layer, and the RRC control unit 227 performs theoperation of the RRC layer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the base station apparatusaccording to the embodiment of the present invention. The base stationapparatus 3-2 includes a downlink control unit 301, a transmission datastorage unit 303, a transmission HARQ processing unit 305, atransmission processing unit 307, a radio unit 309, a receptionprocessing unit 311, a reception HARQ processing unit 313, a MACinformation extraction unit 315, an uplink control unit 317, a PHYcontrol unit 319, a MAC control unit 321, an RRC control unit 323, aninter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 325, and a MMEcommunication unit 327.

The user data from the inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit325 is input to the downlink control unit 301. The downlink control unit301 has the function of the RLC layer, performs the processes such asthe data segmentation and concatenation on the data input from theinter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 325, and adjusts thedata size. The downlink control unit 301 performs retransmission controlon specific data. The downlink control unit 301 outputs the processeddata to the transmission data storage unit 303.

The transmission data storage unit 303 accumulates the data input fromthe downlink control unit 301 for each user, and outputs the instructeduser data corresponding to the instructed data amount to thetransmission HARQ processing unit 305 based on the instruction from theMAC control unit 321. The transmission data storage unit 303 outputs theinformation of the data amount of accumulated data to the MAC controlunit 321.

The transmission HARQ processing unit 305 ciphers the input data, andperforms a puncturing process on the ciphered data. The transmissionHARQ processing unit 305 outputs the punctured data to the transmissionprocessing unit 307, and stores the ciphered data. In a case where theinstruction to retransmit the data is received from the MAC control unit321, the transmission HARQ processing unit 305 performs a puncturingprocess different from the previously performed puncturing process fromthe stored ciphered data, and outputs the punctured data to thetransmission processing unit 307.

The transmission processing unit 307 modulates and ciphers the datainput from the transmission HARQ processing unit 305. The transmissionprocessing unit 307 maps the modulated and ciphered data to the signalsand the respective channels such as the physical downlink shared channelPDSCH, the physical broadcast channel PBCH, the downlink synchronizationsignal and the physical downlink control channel PDCCH of each cell,performs the OFDM signal processing such as serial or parallelconversion, inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) or CP insertion on themapped data, and generates the OFDM signal.

The transmission processing unit 307 outputs the generated OFDM signalto the radio unit 309. In a case where the instruction to respond thereception data is received from the MAC control unit 321, thetransmission processing unit 307 generates the ACK or NACK signal,disposes the generated signal on the physical downlink control channelPDCCH, and outputs the signal to the radio unit 309. The transmissionprocessing unit 307 disposes the uplink transmission permissioninformation notified from the PHY control unit 319 on the physicaldownlink control channel PDCCH, and outputs the information to the radiounit 309.

The radio unit 309 performs up-conversion on the input data from thetransmission processing unit 307 such that the data has a radiofrequency, adjusts transmit power, and transmits the data from thetransmit antenna. The radio unit 309 performs down-conversion on theradio signal received from a receive antenna, and outputs the signal tothe reception processing unit 311. The reception processing unit 311performs the fast Fourier transform (FFT) process, deciphering processand demodulation process on the signal input from the radio unit 309.

The reception processing unit 311 outputs the data of the physicaluplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the demodulated data to the receptionHARQ processing unit 313. The reception processing unit 311 outputs theuplink transmission request information (scheduling request), thedownlink radio channel quality information (CQI) and the responseinformation (ACK or NACK) of the downlink transmission data of thecontrol data acquired from the physical uplink control channel PUCCH ofthe demodulated data to the MAC control unit 321. The receptionprocessing unit 313 measures the uplink reference signal, and measuresthe uplink radio channel quality between the base station apparatus 3-2and the mobile station apparatus 1-1.

The reception HARQ processing unit 313 performs the deciphering processon the data input from the reception processing unit 311, and outputsthe data to the MAC information extraction unit 315 in a case where thedeciphering process has succeeded. In a case where the decipheringprocess on the input data has failed, the reception HARQ processing unit313 stores the data on which the deciphering process has failed. In acase where the retransmission data is received, the reception HARQprocessing unit 313 combines the stored data with the retransmissiondata, and performs the deciphering process. The reception HARQprocessing unit 313 notifies the MAC control unit 321 of whether or notthe deciphering process on the input data has succeeded.

The MAC information extraction unit 315 extracts the control data of theMAC layer form the data input from the reception HARQ processing unit313, and outputs the extracted control data to the MAC control unit 321.The MAC information extraction unit 315 outputs the remaining data tothe uplink control unit 317. The control data of the MAC layer includesthe buffer status report.

The uplink control unit 317 has the function of the RLC layer. Theuplink control unit 317 performs the processes such as the datasegmentation and concatenation on the data input from the MACinformation extraction unit 315, and adjusts the data size. The uplinkcontrol unit 317 performs retransmission control on specific data. Theuplink control unit 317 outputs the processed data to theinter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 325.

The PHY control unit 319 controls the transmission processing unit 307,the radio unit 309 and the reception processing unit 311 in response tothe instruction from the MAC control unit 321. The PHY control unit 319generates the uplink transmission permission information from thescheduling result of the uplink notified from the MAC control unit 321,and notifies the transmission processing unit 307.

The MAC control unit 321 has the function of the MAC layer. The MACcontrol unit 321 controls the MAC layer based on the informationacquired from the RRC control unit 323 or the lower layer. The MACcontrol unit 321 performs the scheduling process on the data transmittedin the downlink and the uplink. The MAC control unit 321 performs thescheduling process on the downlink data from the response information(ACK or NACK) of the downlink transmission data input from the receptionprocessing unit 311, the downlink radio channel quality information(CQI) and the data amount information for each user acquired from thetransmission data storage unit 303. The MAC control unit 321 controlsthe transmission data storage unit 303, the transmission HARQ processingunit 305 and the transmission processing unit 307 based on the result ofthe scheduling process.

The MAC control unit 321 performs the scheduling process on the uplinkdata from the uplink transmission request information (schedulingrequest) input from the reception processing unit 311 and the bufferstatus report input from the MAC information extraction unit 315. TheMAC control unit 321 notifies the PHY control unit 319 of the result ofthe scheduling process.

The MAC control unit 321 acquires the response information to the uplinktransmission data from the reception processing unit 311, and instructsthe transmission HARQ processing unit 305 or the transmission processingunit 307 to retransmit the data in a case where the response informationindicates the NACK (negative response). In a case where the informationindicating whether or not the deciphering process on the data hassucceeded is acquired from the reception HARQ processing unit 313, theMAC control unit 321 instructs the transmission processing unit 307 totransmit the ACK or NACK signal.

The MAC control unit 321 performs the activation or deactivation processof the cell (or the component) assigned to the mobile station apparatus1-1. The MAC control unit 321 manages the transmission timing group andthe uplink transmission timing of each transmission timing group.

The RRC control unit 323 performs various configurations forcommunicating with the mobile station apparatus 1-1, such as theconnection and disconnection with and from the mobile station apparatus1-1, the configuration of the carrier aggregation and the data controlconfiguration indicating the cell to and from which the control data andthe user data of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 are transmitted andreceived, and performs information exchange with the higher layeraccording to various configurations, and controls the lower layeraccording to various configurations.

The RRC control unit 323 generates the control message between the basestation apparatuses according to various configurations, and outputs thecreated control message to the inter-base-station-apparatuscommunication unit 325. The RRC control unit 323 analyzes the controlmessage between the base station apparatuses from theinter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 325. The RRC controlunit 323 outputs information necessary for the MAC layer to the MACcontrol unit 321, and outputs information necessary for the physicallayer to the PHY control unit 319. In a case where the handover or thedual connect is performed, the RRC control unit 323 notifies theinter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 325 and the MMEcommunication unit 327 of necessary information.

The inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 325 is connected toanother base station apparatus (base station apparatus 3-1), andtransmits the control message between the base station apparatuses,which is input from the RRC control unit 323, to another base stationapparatus. The inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 325receives the control message between the base station apparatuses fromanother base station apparatus, and outputs the received control messageto the RRC control unit 323. That is, in the dual connect, variousconfigurations related to a radio link between the base stationapparatus 3-3 and the mobile station apparatus 1-1 are notified to themobile station apparatus 1-1 through the base station apparatus 3-1. Thecontrol message between the base station apparatuses include a messagerelated to the handover, a control message related to the connection anddisconnection of the dual connect, and a message related to the datacontrol of the mobile station apparatus 1-1.

The inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 325 transmits theuplink user data of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 connected in thedual connect to another base station apparatus (base station apparatus3-1). The inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit 325 receivesthe downlink user data of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 connected inthe dual connect from another base station apparatus, and outputs thereceived data to the downlink control unit 301.

The MME communication unit 327 is connected to the Mobility ManagementEntity (MME), and transmits the control message between the base stationapparatus and the MME, which is input from the RRC control unit 323, tothe MME. The MME communication unit 327 receives the control messagebetween the base station apparatus and the MME from the MME, and outputsthe received control message to the RRC control unit 323. The controlmessage between the base station apparatus and the MME includes a pathswitch request message, and a path switch request response message.

The transmission processing unit 307, the radio unit 309, the receptionprocessing unit 311 and the PHY control unit 319 perform the operationof the PHY layer, the transmission data storage unit 303, thetransmission HARQ processing unit 305, the reception HARQ processingunit 313, the MAC information extraction unit 315 and the MAC controlunit 321 perform the operation of the MAC layer, the downlink controlunit 301 and the uplink control unit 317 perform the operation of theRLC layer, and the RRC control unit 323 performs the operation of theRRC layer.

[Operation Description]

The wireless communication system described in FIGS. 4 to 11 is assumed.As shown in FIG. 4, the base station apparatus 3-1 communicates with theplurality of mobile station apparatuses 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3. The wirelesscommunication system described in FIG. 9 in which the base stationapparatus 3-1 as the macrocell, the base station apparatus 3-2 as thesmall cell communicate with the mobile station apparatus 1-1 through theplurality of cells is assumed.

The mobile station apparatus 1-1 shown in FIG. 11 is connected to thebase station apparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2 in thedual connect. The control information (control data) or the userinformation (user data) is transmitted and received between the basestation apparatus 3-1 as the macrocell and the mobile station apparatus1-1. The user information is transmitted and received between the basestation apparatus 3-2 as the small cell and the mobile station apparatus1-1.

Hereinafter, the operations of the base station apparatus and the mobilestation apparatus will be described in conjunction with the example inwhich the base station apparatus 3-1 is connected to the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 through a cell 1 and the base station apparatus 3-2 isconnected to the mobile station apparatus 1-1 through a cell 2. Eachbase station apparatus may assign the plurality of cells to the mobilestation apparatus 1-1. The cell 1 may be set as a transmission timinggroup 1 (or a cell group 1), and the cell 2 may be set as a transmissiontiming group 2 (or a cell group 2).

The base station apparatus 3-1 notifies the mobile station apparatus 1-1of the data control information indicating the relationship between thelogical channel of each control data and the logical channel group(LCG), the priority of the logical channel of each control data and thelogical channel of each control data, as the configuration informationof the radio bearer of each control data. The base station apparatus 3-1notifies the mobile station apparatus 1-1 of the information related tothe transmission and reception cells and the logical channel (or thelogical channel group), the information indicating the relationshipbetween the logical channel of each user data and the logical channelgroup, the priority of the logical channel of each user data, and thelogical channel of each user data, as the configuration information ofthe radio bearer of each user data.

For example, the base station apparatus 3-1 configures logical channel 1corresponding to control data 1, and configures the logical channel 1 tological channel group 1. The base station apparatus 3-1 configureslogical channel 2 corresponding to control data 2, and configures thelogical channel 2 to logical channel group 2. The base station apparatus3-1 configures logical channel 3 corresponding to user data 1, andconfigures the logical channel 3 to logical channel group 3. The basestation apparatus 3-1 configures logical channel 4 corresponding to userdata 2, and configures the logical channel 4 to logical channel group 4.

The base station apparatus 3-1 configures the logical channel such thatthe data of the logical channel 3 (or the logical channel group 3) istransmitted through the cell 1 (or the base station apparatus 3-1) andthe cell 2 (or the base station apparatus 3-2), and configures thelogical channel such that the data of the logical channel 4 (or thelogical channel group 4) is transmitted through the cell 2 (or the basestation apparatus 3-2). It is assumed that the base station apparatus3-1 configures the logical channel such that the priority of the logicalchannel 1 is higher than the priority of the logical channel 2 andconfigures the logical channel such that the priority of the logicalchannel 3 is higher than the priority of the logical channel 4.

The base station apparatus 3-1 notifies the mobile station apparatus 1-1of preferential transmission cell (preferential base station apparatus)information indicating the cell (base station apparatus) in which thedata is preferentially transmitted, for the data of the logical channel(or the logical channel group) transmitted to both cells of the cell 1(base station apparatus 3-1) and the cell 2 (base station apparatus3-2). That is, the base station apparatus 3-1 determines the cell towhich the data is preferentially transmitted, for the data to which thebearer split is configured, and notifies the mobile station apparatus1-1 of the cell to which the data is preferentially transmitted.

For example, the base station apparatus 3-1 notifies the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 of information for instructing to preferentially transmitthe data of the logical channel 3 (or the logical channel group 3) tothe cell 2 (or the base station apparatus 3-2).

If the information is received from the base station apparatus 3-1, themobile station apparatus 1-1 configures the logical channel such thatthe data items of the logical channel 1 and the logical channel 2 (orthe logical channel group 1 and the logical channel group 2) aretransmitted through the cell 1 (or the base station apparatus 3-1), thedata of the logical channel 3 (or the logical channel group 3) istransmitted through the cell 1 and the cell 2 (or the base stationapparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2), and the data of thelogical channel 4 (or the logical channel group 4) is transmittedthrough the cell 2 (or the base station apparatus 3-2).

Since the logical channel is configured such that the data of thelogical channel 3 (or the logical channel group 3) is transmittedthrough the cell 1 and the cell 2 (or the base station apparatus 3-1 andthe base station apparatus 3-2), the mobile station apparatus 1-1recognizes that the bearer split is configured to the data of thelogical channel 3. More specifically, in a case where configuration(r1c-Config) related to two or more RLC layers corresponding (linked) toa certain radio bearer and configuration (mac-MainConfig) (oridentification information indicating the configuration of the MAC layercorresponding to the configuration of the RLC layer) related to the MAClayer corresponding (linked) to each configuration related to the RLClayer are notified from the base station apparatus 3-1, the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 recognizes that the bearer split is configured.

The base station apparatus 3-1 may separately transmit informationindicating whether or not the bearer split is performed to each radiobearer (or each logical channel). The mobile station apparatus 1-1configures (controls) the logical channel such that the data of thelogical channel 3 (or the logical channel group 3) is preferentiallytransmitted to the cell 2. The base station apparatus 3-1 may notify ofproportion information of the amount of data transmitted to therespective base station apparatuses of the base station apparatus 3-1and the base station apparatus 3-2 for the data to which the bearersplit is configured.

In a case where the data of the uplink is generated in the mobilestation apparatus 1-1, the uplink data processing unit 101 of the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 inputs the data to the transmission unitcorresponding to the relationship between the logical channel (logicalchannel group) and the cell (base station apparatus).

For example, in a case where the data of the logical channel 1 isgenerated, the uplink data processing unit 101 of the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 inputs the data to the transmission unit corresponding tothe cell 1 (base station apparatus 3-1). That is, in a case where thedata of the logical channel 1 is generated, the uplink data processingunit 101 of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 inputs the data to theuplink control unit 103-1. After the data is processed, if the data isaccumulated (buffered) in the transmission data storage unit 105-1, theMAC control unit 125 of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 triggers thebuffer status report for the cell 1 (base station apparatus 3-1).

In a case where the radio resource (physical uplink shared data channelPUSCH) of the cell 1 is assigned from the base station apparatus 3-1,the mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits the buffer status report andthe data of the logical channel 1 to the base station apparatus 3-1through the cell 1. The mobile station apparatus receives the uplinktransmission permission information of the cell 1 from the base stationapparatus 3-1 again, and the mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits theremaining data to the base station apparatus 3-1 in a case where theradio resource of the cell 1 is assigned. In a case where the radioresource of the cell 1 is not assigned from the base station apparatus3-1, the mobile station apparatus performs the scheduling request usingthe physical uplink control channel PUCCH or the scheduling requestusing the random access procedure.

For example, in a case where the data of the logical channel 3 isgenerated, since the preferential transmission cell information is thecell 2, the uplink data processing unit 101 of the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 inputs the data to the uplink control unit 103-2. Afterthe data is processed, if the data is accumulated (buffered) in thetransmission data storage unit 105-2, the MAC control unit 125 of themobile station apparatus 1-1 triggers the buffer status report for thecell 2 (base station apparatus 3-2).

In a case where the radio resource (physical uplink shared data channelPUSCH) of the cell 2 is assigned from the base station apparatus 3-2,the mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits the buffer status report andthe data of the logical channel 3 to the base station apparatus 3-2through the cell 2. In a case where the radio resource of the cell 2 isassigned from the base station apparatus 3-2 again, the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 transmits the remaining data to the base station apparatus3-2. In a case where the radio resource of the cell 2 is not assignedfrom the base station apparatus 3-2, the mobile station apparatus 1-1performs the scheduling request using the physical uplink controlchannel PUCCH or the scheduling request using the random accessprocedure on the base station apparatus 3-2.

In a case where the preferential transmission cell is configured and thedata amount of the transmission buffer to the preferential transmissioncell is not reduced or the data amount of the transmission bufferexceeds a predetermined threshold, the mobile station apparatus 1-1 mayinput the data to the transmission unit corresponding to the cell whichis not the preferential transmission cell. In a case where the radioresource is not assigned from the base station apparatus as thepreferential transmission cell, or in a case where the data amountexceeds the radio resource amount assigned from the base stationapparatus and the transmission data is generated in the mobile stationapparatus, the mobile station apparatus 1-1 inputs the data to thetransmission unit corresponding to the cell which is not thepreferential transmission cell.

For example, the data amount of the data of the logical channel 3exceeds to a predetermined amount of the transmission data storage unit105-2, the uplink data processing unit 101 of the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 inputs the data to the uplink control unit 103-1. The MACcontrol unit 125 of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 triggers the bufferstatus report for the cell 1 (base station apparatus 3-1), and alsotransmits the data to the cell 1.

In a case where the data amount of the data of the logical channel 3 isless than a predetermined amount of the transmission data storage unit105-2, the uplink data processing unit 101 of the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 inputs the data to the uplink control unit 103-2 again.The threshold of the transmission buffer may be notified from the basestation apparatus 3-1, or may be previously determined between the basestation apparatus 3-1 and the mobile station apparatus 1-1.

The mobile station apparatus 1-1 may determine whether to transmit thedata to the base station apparatus 3-1 or the base station apparatus 3-2in a state of the radio channel quality between the mobile stationapparatus and the base station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus1-1 may determine whether to transmit the data to the base stationapparatus 3-1 or the base station apparatus 3-2 in consideration of atleast one of the state of the radio channel quality between the mobilestation apparatus and the base station apparatus, the state of themobile station apparatus 1-1 such as the data amount of the transmissionbuffer and the instruction from the base station apparatus 3-1. Themobile station apparatus 1-1 may determine the base station apparatus asthe data transmission destination in consideration of internalinformation (for example, a transmission speed of data of each bearer)of another mobile station apparatus 1-1.

Although it has been described that the mobile station apparatus 1-1determines the cell to which the data is transmitted, an example inwhich the base station apparatus 3-1 or the base station apparatus 3-2determines the cell (base station apparatus) through which the mobilestation apparatus transmits the data and notifies the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 of the transmission destination cell information and themobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits the data based on thetransmission destination cell information (base station apparatusinformation as the transmission destination cell) will be describedbelow.

The base station apparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2determine the cell (base station apparatus) through which the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 transmits the data to be subject to the bearersplit. For example, the base station apparatus 3-1 and the base stationapparatus 3-2 may measure the radio channel quality of the uplink, andmay instruct the mobile station apparatus to transmit the data to thecell (base station apparatus) having favorable radio channel quality ofthe uplink. Alternatively, the base station apparatuses may instruct themobile station apparatus to transmit the data to the cell (base stationapparatus) in which the data amount (traffic amount) of the uplink ofeach base station apparatus is small.

The base station apparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2 mayinstruct the mobile station apparatus to transmit the data to the cell(base station apparatus) of which the radio channel quality of theuplink is favorable and the data amount (traffic amount) of the uplinkof the base station apparatus is small. In an initial stage immediatelyafter the dual connect is configured, the base station apparatus 3-1 orthe base station apparatus 3-2 may instruct the mobile station apparatusto transmit the data to any one cell (base station apparatus). Forexample, immediately after the dual connect is configured, the basestation apparatus 3-2 instructs the mobile station apparatus 1-1 totransmit the data to the cell 2 of the base station apparatus 3-2 as thesmall cell.

In the initial stage immediately after the dual connect is configured,the mobile station apparatus and the base station apparatus maypreviously determine that the mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits thedata to any one cell (base station apparatus). For example, immediatelyafter the dual connect is configured, the mobile station apparatus andthe base station apparatus may determine that the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 transmits the data to the cell 2 of the base stationapparatus 3-2 as the small cell.

After the base station apparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2determine the cell (base station apparatus) through which the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 transmits the data to be subject to the bearersplit, the base station apparatus 3-1 or the base station apparatus 3-2notifies the mobile station apparatus 1-1 of the message of the MAClayer or the transmission destination cell information as theinformation of the physical layer. The base station apparatus 3-1 andthe base station apparatus 3-2 may instruct the mobile station apparatusto transmit the data to the transmission destination cell for all thedata items to be subject to the bearer split, or may instruct the mobilestation apparatus to transmit the data to each bearer to be subject tobearer split.

The base station apparatus 3-2 may notify the base station apparatus 3-1of the uplink radio channel quality (of cell 2) between the base stationapparatus 3-2 and the mobile station apparatus 1-1 or the traffic amountof the base station apparatus 3-2, and the base station apparatus 3-1may compare the notified information with the information of the basestation apparatus and may determine the cell through which the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 transmits the data. In contrast, the base stationapparatus 3-1 may notify the base station apparatus 3-2 of the uplinkradio channel quality (of cell 1) between the base station apparatus 3-1and the mobile station apparatus 1-1 or the traffic amount of the basestation apparatus 3-1, and the base station apparatus 3-2 may comparethe notified information with the information of the base stationapparatus and may determine the cell through which the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 transmits the data.

While any one of the base station apparatuses causes the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 to transmit the data, in a case where the uplink radiochannel quality is degraded, or in a case where the traffic amount ofthe base station apparatus is increased, the base station apparatus thatcauses the mobile station apparatus 1-1 to transmit the data may notifythe other base station apparatus of the change of the transmissiondestination cell. The base station apparatus 3-1 may determine the cellthrough which the mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits the data inconsideration of the communication speed (or transport delay time)between the base station apparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus3-2.

For example, while the mobile station apparatus 1-1 transits the datathrough the cell 2 (base station apparatus 3-2), in a case where thetraffic amount of the cell 2 (base station apparatus 3-2) is increasedand it is difficult to assign the radio resource (physical uplink sharedchannel PUSCH) to the mobile station apparatus 1-1, the base stationapparatus 3-2 notifies the base station apparatus 3-1 of the change ofthe transmission destination cell. The base station apparatus 3-1notifies the mobile station apparatus 1-1 of the transmissiondestination cell information indicating that the data is transmittedthrough the cell 1.

In a case where the transmission destination information is received,the mobile station apparatus 1-1 is configured such that the data istransmitted to the cell indicated by the transmission destination cellinformation. The transmission destination cell information may betransmitted by the MAC message or the RRC message. For example, in acase where the mobile station apparatus 1-1 receives the transmissiondestination cell information indicating that the data is transmittedthrough the cell 2, the uplink data processing unit 101 of the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 is configured such that the data is output to theuplink control unit 103-2.

In a case where the data of the logical channel 3 is generated, theuplink data processing unit 101 of the mobile station apparatus 1-1input the data processed by the uplink data processing unit 101 to theuplink control unit 103-2. After the data is processed in the uplinkcontrol unit 103-2, if the data is accumulated (buffered) in thetransmission data storage unit 105-2, the MAC control unit 125 of themobile station apparatus 1-1 triggers the buffer status report for thecell 2 (bases station apparatus 3-2).

In a case where the radio resource (physical uplink shared data channelPUSCH) of the cell 2 is assigned from the base station apparatus 3-2,the mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits the buffer status report andthe data of the logical channel 3 to the base station apparatus 3-2through the cell 2. In a case where the radio resource of the cell 2 isassigned from the base station apparatus 3-2 again, the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 transmits the remaining data to the base station apparatus3-2. In a case where the radio resource of the cell 2 is not assignedfrom the base station apparatus 3-2, the mobile station apparatus 1-1performs the scheduling request using the physical uplink controlchannel PUCCH or the scheduling request using the random accessprocedure on the base station apparatus 3-2.

In a case where the data amount (traffic amount) of the uplink of thebase station apparatus 3-2 or the uplink radio channel quality betweenthe mobile station apparatus 1-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2 ischanged and the transmission cell is changed to the cell 1 of the basestation apparatus 3-1, the base station apparatus 3-1 notifies themobile station apparatus 1-1 of the transmission destination cellinformation indicating that the data is transmitted through the cell 1.

In a case where the transmission cell information indicating that thecell 1 transmits the data is received, the mobile station apparatus 1-1is configured such that the uplink data processing unit 101 of themobile station apparatus 1-1 outputs the data to the uplink control unit103-1. In a case where the data of the logical channel 3 is generated,the uplink data processing unit 101 of the mobile station apparatus 1-1inputs the data processed by the uplink data processing unit 101 to theuplink control unit 103-1. After the data is processed in the uplinkcontrol unit 103-1, if the data is accumulated (buffered) in thetransmission data storage unit 105-1, the MAC control unit 125 of themobile station apparatus 1-1 triggers the buffer status report for thecell 1 (base station apparatus 3-1).

In a case where the radio resource (physical uplink shared data channelPUSCH) of the cell 1 is assigned from the base station apparatus 3-1,the mobile station apparatus 1-1 transmits the buffer status report andthe data of the logical channel 3 to the base station apparatus 3-1through the cell 1. In a case where the radio resource of the cell 1 isassigned from the base station apparatus 3-1 again, the mobile stationapparatus 1-1 transmits the remaining data to the base station apparatus3-1. In a case where the radio resource of the cell 1 is not assignedfrom the base station apparatus 3-1, the mobile station apparatus 1-1performs the scheduling request using the physical uplink controlchannel PUCCH or the scheduling request using the random accessprocedure on the base station apparatus 3-1.

In a case where the scheduling request is received from the mobilestation apparatus 1-1, or in a case where the buffer status report isreceived from the mobile station apparatus 1-1, the base stationapparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2 assign the uplink radioresource to the mobile station apparatus 1-1, and notifies the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 of the uplink transmission permission informationindicating the uplink radio resource assignment through the physicaldownlink control channel PDCCH.

By doing this, the mobile station apparatus 1-1 can transmit the uplinkdata or the buffer status report of the mobile station apparatus 1-1 tothe appropriate cell (or the base station apparatus). The base stationapparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2 can cause the mobilestation apparatus 1-1 to perform the uplink data transmission control onthe appropriate cell (or the base station apparatus).

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described indetail with reference to the drawings, the detailed structure is notlimited to the above-described embodiment, and the present inventionalso includes various changes in the design without departing from thegist of the present invention.

Although it has been described in the embodiment that an example of theterminal apparatus or the communication apparatus is the mobile stationapparatus, the present invention is not limited thereto. The presentinvention can also be applied to terminal apparatuses or communicationapparatuses of stationary or non-movable electronic apparatuses whichare installed indoors or outdoors, such as AV apparatuses, kitchenapparatuses, cleaning and washing machines, air conditioners, officeapparatuses, vending machines, and other home appliances.

For the sake of convenience in description, the mobile station apparatus1-1, the base station apparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2of the embodiment have been described with reference to the functionalblock diagrams. However, the mobile station apparatus or the basestation apparatus may be controlled by recording programs for realizingthe functions of the respective units of the mobile station apparatus1-1, the base station apparatus 3-1 and the base station apparatus 3-2and some of the functions thereof on a computer-readable recordingmedium and causing a computer system to read and execute the programrecorded on the recording medium. The term “computer system” means acomputer system that includes an OS or hardware such as peripheraldevices.

The term “computer-readable recording medium” means a portable medium,such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, or a CD-ROM, ora storing apparatus such as a hard disc provided in the computer system.The “computer-readable recording medium” may include a recording mediumthat dynamically stores the program in a short period of time, such as acommunication cable used in a case where the program is transmittedthrough a network, such as the Internet, or a communication line, suchas a telephone line, and a recording medium that stores the program fora predetermined period of time, such as a volatile memory in a computersystem that serves as a server or a client in this case. The program maybe a program that realizes some of the above-mentioned functions or aprogram that implements the above-mentioned functions in combinationwith the program which has been recorded on the computer system.

The functional blocks used in the embodiment may be realized as LSIswhich are typical integrated circuits. Each functional block may beindividually integrated into a chip, or some or all of the functionalblocks may be integrated into a chip. A method for achieving theintegrated circuit is not limited to the LSI, but may be realized by adedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. In addition, in a casewhere a technique for achieving an integrated circuit which replaces theLSI technique will be developed with the progress of a semiconductortechnique, the integrated circuit manufactured by the developedtechnique can also be used.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described withreference to the drawings. However, the detailed structure is notlimited to the above-described embodiment and the present invention alsoincludes a change in the design within the scope and spirit of theinvention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention can be applied to a portable telephone, a personalcomputer, or a tablet computer and the like.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

1-1 to 1-3 Mobile station apparatus

3-1 Base station apparatus as macro cell

3-2 Base station apparatus as small cell

101, 221, 301 Uplink data processing unit

103-1, 103-2, 219, 317 Uplink control unit

105-1, 105-2, 205, 303 Transmission data storage unit

107-1, 107-2, 207, 305 Transmission HARQ processing unit

109-1, 109-2, 209, 307 Transmission processing unit

111-1, 111-2, 211, 309 Radio unit

113-1, 113-2, 213, 311 Reception processing unit

115-1, 115-2, 215, 313 Reception HARQ processing unit

117-1, 117-2, 217, 315 MAC information extraction unit

119-1, 119-2, 203, 301 Downlink control unit

121, 201 Downlink data processing unit

123, 223, 319 PHY control unit

125, 225, 321 MAC control unit

127, 227, 323 RRC control unit

229, 325 Inter-base-station-apparatus communication unit

231, 327 MME communication unit

233 GW Communication unit

The invention claimed is:
 1. A terminal apparatus for communicating witha first cell group and a second cell group, the terminal apparatuscomprising: receiver circuitry configured to receive, from the firstcell group, instruction information indicating whether a destination ofdata transmission of user data is the first cell group or the secondcell group; and determination circuitry configured to selectivelydetermine, based on the instruction information, the destination of theuser data transmission to be: (i) the second cell group; or (ii) thefirst cell group in a case that bearer split is configured for the userdata.
 2. An integrated circuit for use in a terminal apparatusconfigured to communicate with a first cell group and a second cellgroup, the integrated circuit comprising: receiving circuitry configuredto receive, from the first cell group, instruction informationindicating whether a destination of user data transmission of data isthe first cell group or the second cell group; and determinationcircuitry configured to selectively determine, based on the instructioninformation, the destination of the user data transmission to be: (i)the second cell group; or (ii) the first cell group in a case thatbearer split is configured for the user data.